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BMW, Mercedes grapple with unauthorized exports from US to China
2015-04-03 07:13:32| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Mercedes-Benz and BMW are probing unauthorized exports of luxury cars from the United States to China, which have recently surged and threaten profit in the world's largest auto market, senior executives said. An employee holds a BMW logo on the production line of the BMW C evolution electric maxi-scooter at the BMW Berlin motorcycle plant February 23, 2015.
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Not so Superfish-al: Lenovo still shipping infected systems as customers grapple with removal
2015-03-09 20:20:24| Extremetech
When Lenovo said it was sorry about shipping Superfish, it apparently didn't mean "Sorry enough to remove it from on-store-shelf systems."
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As climate changes, cities grapple w/ big rains
2015-02-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Minnesota Public Radio: In Duluth, city workers have replaced 8-foot culverts wiped out in a 2012 storm with two sections 10 feet wide, more than doubling their capacity. In Minnetonka, the city is creating computer models to see where increased rainfall is putting the most pressure on its stormwater system. In north Minneapolis, a street has been torn out to make room for huge tanks that can store stormwater and prevent it from overwhelming the city's system that drains into the Mississippi River. In all three...
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Railways grapple with locomotive shortage and soaring carloads
2014-10-30 02:13:21| Railroads - Topix.net
One of the two manufacturers of locomotives is out of the market for two years until it can meet tougher emission standards in the United States. The shortage is hampering efforts of railways to clear congested tracks and move the growing amount of grain, oil and other goods.
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Russia and West Grapple With Alternate Realities
2014-10-24 11:34:28| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The stories Russians are hearing from a media increasingly under state control is fueling the popularity of President Vladimir Putin. When the chairman and chief executive of Total SA, Christophe de Margerie , was killed this week after his private jet hit a snow-removal truck on takeoff from a Moscow airport, it looked like an accident.
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